Ann. Méd. Vét., 2009, 153 (3), pp 145-155 Equine tendonitis: a review of current therapies.
First part: tendon structure, tendon lesions and diagnosisVERWILGHEN D., GABRIEL A., BUSONI V., VAN GALEN G.,GRULKE S., SERTEYN D.Abstract :
Lesions to the horse’s tendon
are very frequent and are a non
negligible reason for early retirement
of sport and leisure horses.
For decades man has been
searching for “the” treatment but
unfortunately most of the known
treatments have empiric bases
and very few have actually proven
their real efficiency. Better
knowledge of tendon anatomy
and pathophysiology of tendonitis
together with evolutions in
diagnostic techniques like ultrasonography
allows us to better
evaluate the improvements made
in tendonitis therapies today. The
first part of this article gives a
review on tendon structure, tendon
healing and ultrasonographic
evaluation of the tendon. In the second part an overview of therapeutic options for tendonitis will be discussed. Get the PDF Contact person : denis.verwilghen@ulg.ac.be |